ईषा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈষা (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঈষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဤၑာ (Burmese script)
• ઈષા (Gujarati script)
• ਈਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ឦឞា (Khmer script)
• ອີຩາ (Lao script)
• ഈഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଈଷା (Odia script)
• ꢅꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඊෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஈஷா (Tamil script)
• ఈషా (Telugu script)
• อีษา (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HiHsáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HiHsáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂iHséh₂ (“shaft”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴαξ (oíax, “handle of rudder, tiller, helm;”), οἰήϊον (oiḗïon, “handle of rudder”), Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša- /⁠ḫišša-⁠/, “carriage pole”), Old English ār (whence English oar). Compare also Finnish aisa (“shaft; pole”), borrowed from Baltic, whence borrowed from the Slavic s-stem (compare Slovene ojẹ̑ (“thill”), genitive ojẹ̑sa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iː.ʂɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /iː.ʂɑː/

Noun

ईषा • (īṣā́) stem, f

1. the pole or shafts of a carriage or plough
2. (in the dual) the double or fork-shaped pole
3. plank, board
4. a particular measure

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ईषा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ईषा (īṣā́)	ईषे (īṣé)	ईषाः (īṣā́ḥ)
accusative	ईषाम् (īṣā́m)	ईषे (īṣé)	ईषाः (īṣā́ḥ)
instrumental	ईषया (īṣáyā) ईषा¹ (īṣā́¹)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभिः (īṣā́bhiḥ)
dative	ईषायै (īṣā́yai)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभ्यः (īṣā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ईषायाः (īṣā́yāḥ) ईषायै² (īṣā́yai²)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभ्यः (īṣā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ईषायाः (īṣā́yāḥ) ईषायै² (īṣā́yai²)	ईषयोः (īṣáyoḥ)	ईषाणाम् (īṣā́ṇām)
locative	ईषायाम् (īṣā́yām)	ईषयोः (īṣáyoḥ)	ईषासु (īṣā́su)
vocative	ईषे (ī́ṣe)	ईषे (ī́ṣe)	ईषाः (ī́ṣāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Assamese: ঈহ (ih)
• Gujarati: ઈસ (īsa)
• Pali: īsā

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0171.